Platform Q&A
This forum is dedicated to Board platform questions, generally applicable to all members.
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Adjust Relationships
Hi all, looking for a best practice to adjust the relationships of specific entities. I have the following use case: Publishers are linked via relationship to a respective Sales Office. Now the Sales Office of a specific publisher needs to be changed from AMERICAS to EMEA. I was about to do that manually by going to…
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Looping a procedure through non-time entity without Nexel
Just wondering if anyone in the community has found a way to loop a procedure through a non-time entity WITHOUT using Nexel writeback or extract/reload? At the moment we have to use Nexel Writeback to populate a cube with RANK-Count to get something like the below. Entity Cube Val Mbr1 1 Mbr2 2 Mbr3 3 Mbr4 4 Clearing and…
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Gauge Chart Alerts
Hi All, I can't seem to get alerts to work on a gauge object in the same way that I am used to with the old cockpit object. I am able to set the alert one of the display blocks but it doesn't have any effect. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Ryan ------------------------------ Ryan Hinch Consultant Simpson…
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Custom selection script
Hello, we'd like to set up a security concept where different users can see same projects. It depends on which user group the relevant users belong to. Everything should be dynamic. The model shows my entities (blue) and the content of them. In my example I have three users which belong to two different user groups and two…
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Problem with Diagram Titles
Hi all, I have a massive problem with editing and deleting of diagram titles. For me it is not possible to edit the text of already existing diagram titles (see first screenshot) and if I try to insert a new text in the correct field in the diagram layout field, I can't delete or edit it anymore (see screenshot 2), because…
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Board Mailer Service doesn't start
Hello everybody, When we try to start Board Mailer Services, we get the following even in our event log, and the service crashes. All the other board services start without any problems. We're using windows server 2012 R2 std 64x. Any help is appreciated. Application: Board.Mailer.Service.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319…
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Colouring in Data Views
Here is a question from @Alicia Meredith-Smith: Hi team, I am using a data view to display WTD, MTD and YTD information. I have 2 entities on Rows, a Group and a child. I need the Group row to be a different colour to that of the child below. Is that possible? Thank you so much! ------------------------------ Sandra Bartl…
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Repeat Parent of Nested Items - Like Pivot Table
Hi, I'm a new Board user. I have the following Layout that I'm doing in Excel-Board add-in. Under the By Row, I have our company's categories and each customer under that category (i.e. Toys -> CustomerABC). I'll be linking this table to another tab in this workbook where I need to pick up this combination via a sumifs. Is…
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End of life support
I have inherited support of our Board BI implementation, version 10.3.0.50803. Can anyone tell me when this version runs out of support. Thanks. ------------------------------ Gary Juleff Data Warehouse Reporting Analyst IMERYS MINERALS LIMITED United Kingdom ------------------------------
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Automated Filter (Board v10.1.2)
Hi Board Community, I have a screen which shows weekly results in a graph. The graph is always showing the past 6 weeks. This timeframe is updated manually by using a Filter Cube on the Week in the layout selection: I am wondering if it is possible to automate this step in anyway so that the manual process can be ignored.…
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Pie Chart without Axis Configuration
Hi together, just a simple question this morning: Ist there any way to configure a pie chart comparing two measures (blocks) without having a dimension set into the axis tab? I just want to compare measure a with measure b: Thank you and best regards!
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Opening Multiple Instances of Board
Hi all, How do I open a second instance of the Board client (ver.10.3)? Should be easy, but it's just not happening - I'm almost embarrassed to ask :) Thanks ------------------------------ Andrew ------------------------------
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Clean old databases
Hi, I have a couple of databases in Board, which I don't need any longer. Is there a way to delete this database so that it does not appear in the list of databases in Board? Thanks Mathias ------------------------------ Mathias Flintrop Senior Financial Controller Smaato Inc Germany ------------------------------
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transform seconds into hh: mm: ss format
Hi all! I' d like to have some advice... I have a layout with a column where I dynamically calculate the number of seconds and where I drill this information from month to day, I'd like to show this information in the hh:mm:ss format, any advice? Thanks! Massimo ------------------------------ Massimo Palmi Consulente RETEX…
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Horizontal/Vertical Style not working In Menu setup for folders on 10.6
Hello, I am using Board 10.6 Web Designer, I created a folder with some screens, and I would like to use Horizontal/Vertical Style for the folder I created In a screen or mask, but it shows nothing, it is just blank, all the other styles, such as Standard or Accordion are working well. Please see the attached screenshot.…
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Selector on "Pop-up window" type does not display entity member on Board 10.6 Web
Hello, I tried to use selector on Board 10.6 Web, but it does not work on "Pop-up Window" type, it just does not show the member you selected on the selector. I know it is the same in Board Client, but is there any way to let it show the member if the single member selected? Please see the attached screenshot. Thanks.…
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Calculation Domain Settings
I have been experiencing issues with writing new cells in target cubes after upgrading to Board 11. I am running the dataflow with the setting Limit calculation to tuples where values of at least one cube of the Layout are non-zero and then checking all the entities in the "Extended Calculation" dropdown. Am I missing…
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Block Reference Automation
Hello Does anyone know if a Blocks Reference can be attached to a "Pager" Selector. Currently I have a screen with a week ending Selector, when changed I have to go into to the 'Data View' to manually change one of the blocks so the Reference only displays information for the last day of that week and change another block…
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Automated Export of Dataviews to Excel or Email
Hey Board Community, i have a couple of dataviews on a screen in Board which I need to export to Excel and then send via email. At the moment the export is done manualy by clicking on the dataview and exporting it to Excel. This is very time consuming and a lot of manual work because I need to do this for multiple…
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Messages and text mulilanguage
Hello all, is it possible to show messages and text multilinguale depended to the Security Profile settings? Thanks in advanced Kind regards ------------------------------ Stefan Batalia Board Administrator Optibelt GmbH Germany ------------------------------
